Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-03

lie. b. Leland and O. D. Rowell
The French steers, four vear-Old, were
the best on the ground. ". I. Wig
gins had a fine pair of Devons. The
| Wiley cattle in the Glover string, the
Hannant cattle and Hawkins pairs
were good ones. Burbank q Will
liams took the lead on three-year-olds.
J. G. GRAY had nice pair and there
were others. John Leland had a
| pair of nice red ones. W. J.. Niles
had a beautiful pair of trained calves,
which were not in the string.
The show of thoroughbred cattle
was not as full in several lines as it
often Is. The Jerseys were well rep
resented, DR.. r. B. Skinner taking
the lead. He showed his large and
fine bull from Duke Of Darlington,
dam Monmouth Princess, a blood
noted for good milking qualities, four
COWS. two two-vear-old heifers and
| two heifer calves. DR.. Skinner spares
no pains in procuring his animals and
they show both by points and milking
pals that they are worthy of praise.
His cows average 500 pounds Of but
ter year. in not extraordinary feed,
and he is making IL pounds a
dav from them at this time. H. f.
Pillsbury showed his Stoke Pogis
bull. C. W. Comstock had a fine
bull calf from Mr. Pillsburv's herd,
also Ed. Merrill and Henry Cook.
J. E. Cook showed several grade
Jersey cows that are noted for their
good milking qualities. He has had
his bulls of DR.. Skinner. There was
considerable jersey blood in other
stock shown. In the line of Dur
hams there was a better exhibit
ton than usual. L. \. Collier of
Derby showed a registered Durham
bull. three years old, that weighed
2205 pounds, and was one of the
handsOmest animals we ever saw
on this ground. Mr.. Collier also
showed a two-vear-old heifer that
weighed 1860 pounds, that was re-
markably fat. B. c. Baden, G. j.
Gross, c. H. Joslyn and Freeman
Bean each helped up this department
in the cattle pens.
The show of Devons was not very
large, but the animals were Of a good
class. Among the exhibitors were
A. c. Chase. W. W. Dow, F. R.
Cook, /. d. Magoon, Fl. ). Fisk,
Moses Lance. Mr.. Cook had sever
al from the \. c. Ufford stock. The
Herefords are working into the county
considerably. but there was no show
Of thoroughbreds. The Sutton peO-
pie took up several grades Of this
breed. G. NJ. Campbell showed one
of the best animals Of this breed, a
half blood, on the ground. 1t was a
grade two-year-old bull, weighing
1900 pounds. He was a center of
attraction. Mr.. Campbell also had
two two-year-old heifers with
their calves-nice stock-and sever
al heifers. F. J. Campbell helped
the contrast by putting in a black
Mooley heifer, pretty creature, and
\. Burnham by taking up the best
pair Of yearling steers on the ground.
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this order. The show Of grade and
natives. altogether, was not as large
as it ought to have been.
SHEEP.
In this department the number of
animals was not large, but they were
nearly all Of them good. Phillips
Bros. showed their noted Cotswold,
registered animals, several of which
took prizes at the state fair. The
buck, three years old. weighs 225
| pounds: two younger bucks were
nearly as large. and one of the year
ling ewes weighed 184 pounds.
These animals are all very fine. Last
spring this flock averaged to shear a
fraction less than 1877 pounds to a
head. This flock attracted consider
able attention. H. NJ Salmon also
had Cotswold that were remarkably
large, a buck weighing 246 pounds,
and several fine ewes and lambs. In
Leicesters, J. X. ThOrp showed ten
good animals. L. NJ. Darling still
! clingS to the SOuthdOwn breed of
sheep which has been in the Darling
family several years. They are good
animals. He showed a good buck
and several ewes and lambs. There
were no MerinO sheep on the ground.
This county used to be full of them.
J. 5. Smith, who believes in the
Shropshire, showed a large, hand
some buck, W. B. Stiles two bucks
and several ewes, pretty, and E. F.
Hinckley several animals Of this
class. In grades and natives there
were several pens, c. B. Leland,
Almon Gray, A. Taplin, and E. F.
Hinckley contributing the largest
share.
| SWINE.
". c. Brown, c. W. Comstock,
Charles Abbott and John Bean got
away with the premiums awarded in
the hog department. Brown showed
a very fine litter of pigs, and Abbott
a monster boar.
| MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.
In the mechanical department c.
F. Percival made his usually excel
l.. Il. I.